Posted on 10/26/2016 12:11:22 PM PDT by Scarpetta
More than 1 in 4 of the nation’s full-time teachers are considered chronically absent from school, according to federal data, missing the equivalent of more than two weeks of classes each academic year in what some districts say has become an educational crisis.
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights estimated this summer that 27 percent of the nation’s teachers are out of school for more than 10 days of regular classes — some missing far more than 10 days — based on self-reported numbers from the nation’s school districts. But some school systems, especially those in poor, rural areas and in some major cities, saw chronic absenteeism among teachers rise above 75 percent in 2014, the last year for which data is available.
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Send the sheriff to arrest them for excessive absenteeism, just like they do to the parents of students who are absent excessively. If it’s good for students, it’s good for teachers.
“We need more conservatives in education.”
I’ve mentioned that here many times and am only met with silence. “Blow up the government schools!” “Homeschool your children!” Yada-yada. Until conservatives, like all the bravehearts here at FreeRepublic, understand that the vast majority of the population continue to avail themselves of [the desperately] broken public school system, we will continue to face sweat-it-out elections like the one we’re currently enduring. Tomorrow’s voters are working on their 3 R’s in American classrooms today. To that, I say, come join the fight—after all, you’ll have that terrific salary, those awesome benefits, all that free time! And you’ll be right there on the front lines trying to right the ship of state—a truly conservative concept!
“My wife worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District for 40+ years and she said you would be surprised at the number of teachers out for workmens compensation.”
Carpel Tunnel from writing on the chalkboard?
These “educators” purportedly “work” for about 8 months each year. The taxpayers are getting screwed. Many of the “educators” emotionally abuse the students be allowing “educator” LIB idiocy to enter the classroom as they brainwash the naive children.
“The taxpayers are getting screwed.”
I don’t know about that. Last time my daughter baby sat she was paid $7/hr per child. 3 kids, 3 hours earned her $63.
A teacher baby sits 35 kids for 6 hours. At $7/hour that comes to $1470 per day. That comes to $246,600 for a 180 day school year. I don’t think any school teacher makes that, maybe the highest paid in the highest paying districts earn half that. Sounds like the taxpayers are getting a pretty good deal.
Yep! If you can’t carry them over ,use them. They are negotiated in your contract.If they are carried over they usually can cash them in at retirement at 1/3 per diem.If you have half a brain you use them.I retired with 198 sick days under my belt because my district had a much higher cash in rate than most.
BTW, What is or was your line of employment?
Government schools ping.
THAT is really a stretched-too-far “comparison”. Face it...”educators” are many times not worth their pay.
You hit the nail on the head!I had 135 students a day which at $7.00/hr should have given me $910/day or$166,000 yr.
You are right, of course. There is simply no comparison between what a babysitter does and what a good, conscientious teacher can do.
What do YOU know about education to put out a blanket statement which includes all teachers?
I guess the people here at FreeRepublic are all self-taught. Tough crowd.
Everyone’s an expert when it comes to education. Now teaching...that’s another story.
If its so great a job why don’t you become a teacher?
But is that really detrimental to students?
I have to wonder......
Self-employed, was an employer for a decade in the tech world. I get it—you’ve got a union employee mindset, rather than considering that a teaching job is really only about 2/3rds time anyway, and any time a teacher isn’t there it is taking away from the potential learning of the kids.
Teaching used to be a profession, where people had a professional mindset.
Have you never spent time in a classroom with a substitute teacher?
Well, yeah, I have as a student.
Some were great, some weren’t.
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